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' [letters Patent No. 93,789, datedAu/ ust 17', 318,69.

FLEXIBLE WAINSCQT.

The Schedule referred. to in these 'Letters Patent and making part o'l the same.

.skilled'in the vart to maketand use. thejsame,rei'erence being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming lpart of this specification, in which- Figure l is afront riewof a portion of my improved wainscot.

Figure 2 is a'detail cross-section of the same, .takenv through the line x x, iig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. Y

My invention has for its object to furnish' an improvedboard-lning for walls and ceiling, which may falso be used for partitions in oices or other rooms, for casing steam-cylinders, and for other similar uses,

and which shall, at the same time, be simple in construction andiiexible, being capable oi adjustment to angles or curved surfaces; and

It Vconsists in connecting theboards to each other by wires, or other flexible material, passed through the bodies of the said boards or strips, as hereinafter more fully described.

A are the boards or strips, which are made narrow, and Awhich may be made of different kinds of wood alternating with each other. One or both edges of each stripnay be beaded upon the outer orfront side.

The. rear edges of saidboards should he bevell'ed oi,

as shown in fig. 2, so that the wainscot may be curved or bent,fto turn a corner, :or pass around an angle, and still foim'close sean1`s.

Through the bodies offthe boards'or strips A,from odge to. edge, and at suitable distances apart, are formed holes, through which are passed wires B, as shown in iigs. 1 and 2.

In. a Wainscotmaking short turns, the wire Behould' be' annealed. With this construction, should the boards A. shrink, they can be readily forced closer" together, so as to again close up the seams,- to make tight joints. This especially adapts it for casing-steam-cylinders, asv it enables the strips shrunk by the heatto be again forced close together.

Thus constructed, it may be conveniently used for covering iloors. It may also be used for forming partitions in offices and other rooms with advantage, as, when no longer required, it may be conveniently taken fdown and used in another room or for another purpose,

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, .and desire to secure by Letters Patentthe boards A, hung upon the wires B passedv through them from edge to edge,whereby said boards are adapted to be moved together to compensate for shrinkage, as herein shownand described.

' JOHN F. WORTH.

Witnesses W. W. KENYON, ALBRO J. NEWTON.-

The flexible wainscot, constructed, asdescribed, of. 

